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UNC interventional radiology gets “lean,” slashes overtime hours
A “lean” system improvement analysis conducted by interventional radiologists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine in Chapel Hill was able to help streamline workflow and cut...
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CMS reiterates ruling on radiopharmaceutical prep and ASC imaging
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is projected to publish a final rule on “burdensome” regulations regarding imaging in ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) and radiopharmaceutical...
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Imaging Endpoints teams up with AG Mednet on clinical trials
Boston-based AG Mednet announced yesterday that the software company would be partnering with board-certified radiologists from Imaging Endpoints to improve the latter's clinical trial submission...
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Perfusion scintigraphy safer for pregnant women with pulmonary embolism
In a comparison safety study between scintigraphy and 256-slice angiography for pregnant women suspected of having a pulmonary embolism, scintigraphy was found to be the safest choice for moms and...
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Strengths, Struggles & Strategies Managing Image Data
The drive for heterogeneity in molecular imaging calls for management of complex imaging data in massive volumes, a task that is challenging information technology experts and medical community members...
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WMIS presents tools for IND approval
Easing FDA investigational new drug (IND) approvals for novel PET probes is the subject of a study recently published in Molecular Imaging and Biology and announced today by parent organization The...
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MAA price spike: Jubilant DraxImage address dodges antitrust concern
General discontent followed a one-time, exponential price hike from Jubilant DraxImage starting April 1 for the company’s exclusive MAA kit for the preparation of technetium-99m albumin, a lung...
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SPECT/CT spots source of low back pain
Back pain is a burden for most people at some point in their lifetime, but pinpointing the reason for the pain can be tricky. Researchers presenting during the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine and...
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Moving past monetary incentive: Repurposing approved drugs for Alzheimer's
There may be drugs at the industry's fingertips, already approved, that could be of value in treating patients with neurodegenerative disease if repurposed and brought to regulatory approval for...
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UT Austin produces alternative means of enriching targets
The University of Texas Austin announced yesterday that a new method for enriching targets for medical isotopes has been developed and patented.
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AAIC 2014: Alzheimer’s risk factors in sharper relief
A number of factors are standing out as promoters for and protectors against the development of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research presented during the 2014 Alzheimer’s Association...
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Dementia numbers falling in some countries and underestimated in others
New cases of dementia are diminished in developed nations, which could be a sign of the successes of preventative care and reduced risk factors. On the other hand, dementia may have been sorely...
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Reassessing the standard: Radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer
Radioiodine therapy has been around for a long time now as an effective treatment for thyroid cancer. However there may be some scenarios in which an alternative or combined treatment may be better...
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Nanomedicine: Cancer immunotherapy amplifies patients’ immune cells outside...
An investigational cancer immunotherapy leverages the power of nanotube-polymer composites to create an environment where immune cells can be incubated and made significantly stronger outside the body...
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SNMMI names 2014-2016 Wagner-Torizuka fellows
The Wagner-Torizuka fellowship, created by Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD, and Kanji Torizuka, MD, PhD, provides Japanese clinicians in the field of molecular imaging a major platform for advanced training...
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Nuclear medicine market could climb to $8.05B by 2020
The worldwide market for nuclear medicine was estimated at around $5.5 billion in 2013, but by 2020 that figure is expected to grow to $8.05 billion at an annual compound growth rate of 5.6 percent,...
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BC Technical acquires Polaris Medical Imaging
BC Technical, a provider of used and refurbished radiological and molecular imaging equipment, has announced the West Jordan-based company’s acquisition of Polaris Medical Imaging, seller, servicer and...
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Is Molecular Imaging Due for a Fallow Period?
During the past five years, I have spent a considerable amount of time on the issue of supply of Tc-99m and its parent, Mo-99.
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Don’t Fear the IND Labyrinth: 5 Lessons Learned at an Academic Site
The challenge was delivered with stark clarity. “We need to establish a new approach to make it easy and affordable for our faculty to quickly transition their imaging probe research from cells and...
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Nobel Prize honors developers of ultra-optical microscopy
Key scientists behind the development of a prototype optical microscope have garnered the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry due to the technology’s ability to surpass all previous limits of optical...
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Hyperpolarized lung MRI portrays the perils of smoking
A relatively new MR technique that vastly improves imaging resolution is able to find the minute lung pathology associated with smoking habits—even before respiratory symptoms become a drag, according...
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Endomicroscopic imaging points to esophageal disease prior to surgery
Surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) could be improved by an emerging imaging technique called endomicroscopy, which can detect cellular changes indicating pre-cancerous or cancerous...
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Survey: Alzheimer’s costs 25% of caregivers $4K every month
Here is more incentive to bring investigative Alzheimer’s treatments to maturity—approximately a quarter of caregivers with a family member diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia end up...
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Up to 20% of FDG PET/CT scans are misread, say most referring docs
More than half of surveyed referring physicians said that F-18 FDG PET/CT scans were being clinically misinterpreted in somewhere between 5 percent and 20 percent of cases, according to a study...
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New 2015 HOPPS ruling cuts into PET payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules for the 2015 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). The rules...
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A Victory We Aren’t Celebrating—Yet
During my term as president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (And Molecular Imaging, now appended), we were in the midst of the Molecular Imaging Campaign that was successful in increasing the...
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The Business of Molecular Imaging: A Panoply of Challenges
As is true in all clinical disciplines, nuclear medicine practitioners face challenges and obstacles that do not end with procedures and patient care.
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BRIC diagnostic imaging markets to reach $7.6B by 2018
The diagnostic imaging markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China—known as the BRIC markets, are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.5 percent, reaching $7.6 billion within the next...
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Deadline for SNMMI governmental fellowship approaches
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Robert E. Henkin Fellowship is an annual opportunity for nuclear medicine and molecular imaging professionals just starting out in their...
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Slow growth expected for worldwide nuclear imaging market
The global market for nuclear imaging technology is forecasted to reach $2.2 billion in 2020, just a 3.3 percent compound annual growth rate over the $1.83 billion noted for 2013, according to a...
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